Salton Sea

Once a grand resort area, the Salton Sea has been overcome by the desert. Now all that is left is outsider artist communities, rotting fish and decaying buildings surrounded by the surreal beauty of the desert

Salt marsh reflects the colors of sunset while a geothermal plant releases steam in the background in Calipatria on the shores of the Salton Sea, California

Graffiti, Bombay Beach, California

Signs at Slab City, a squatters' camp on an abandoned military base in the desert outside of Niland, California. Slab City, known as the Last Free Place in America, has seen a large increase in population due to the current economic situation of the US and California.

The truck that Leonard Knight called home for almost 30 years while he built and cared for Salvation Mountain (background).

The Salton Sea is a Known Geothermal Resource Area. CalEnergy has several geothermal plants which produce energy solely from naturally occuring geothermal steam. Deep wells tap into superheated water thousands of feet below the earth's crust and the steam powers turbines which produce electricity. The electricity is then sold to third parties to help power the grid.

Sunset at Salt Creek Beach, Salton Sea

Salvation Mountain

The path behind Salvation Mountain leads to the tanks in Slab City. I think the Keep Out warning was for the current construction on Salvation Mountain.

Leonard Knight's bus, painted and covered with scripture, at Salvation Mountain in the California desert near Niland.

Flooded abandoned structure near the Salton Sea, California

Remains of abandoned K-Bar factory in Brawley, California

Abandoned grain silos with graffiti in Brawley, California

Two kayakers on the Salton Sea

"We remember freedom" Signs for the Internet Cafe and the local band AirRacket in Slab City, a squatters' camp on an abandoned military base in the desert outside of Niland, California

Leonard Knight's bus, painted and covered with scripture, at Salvation Mountain in the California desert near Niland.